Connecting through Engagement, Dignity, Approach and Respect

Helping Care Teams and Caregivers Build Better Dementia Care

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Dementia Care Alone

Caring for someone living with dementia can leave families and caregivers feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and uncertain about what to do next. Many people are doing their best with little training, limited support, and approaches that simply are not working anymore.

As a PAC-Certified Certified Dementia Educator, Buffy Briggs understands both the emotional and practical realities of dementia care. Through personal caregiving experience and professional education, she brings a compassionate, real-world approach to helping caregivers feel more confident and supported.

At CEDAR Dementia Consulting, the focus is not on what has been lost, but on preserving abilities, building connection, and reducing distress for everyone involved. Caregivers learn how changes in the brain affect communication, behavior, and daily interactions — and how small changes in approach can make a meaningful difference.

Using Positive Approach to Care® techniques inspired by Teepa Snow, Buffy provides practical education that helps caregivers respond with skill, dignity, patience, and understanding instead of frustration and fear.

Whether you are a family caregiver, care professional, or senior living community, you deserve tools that help create more positive moments, stronger connections, and better care outcomes.

Workshops Designed for Real-Life Caregiving Challenges

PAC^® Workshops & Specialized Training

Typical and Atypical Aging
Using a Positive Physical Approach™
Seeing GEMS^® as More Than Just Loss: Progression Patterns

Each workshop provides real-world strategies caregivers can begin using immediately in home care settings, assisted living communities, skilled nursing facilities, and family caregiving environments.

Why it matters:

Caregivers need more than information — they need practical tools that help them feel prepared, capable, and supported in everyday care situations.

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Dementia Education That Builds Understanding

Getting to Know Dementia...

6-Part Series

Gain a deeper understanding of dementia, how the brain changes over time, and why common caregiving approaches may no longer work. This series helps caregivers replace confusion and frustration with practical knowledge and compassionate insight.

Why it matters:

When caregivers understand what is happening in the brain, they can respond with greater confidence, empathy, and effectiveness.

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Practical Skills That Change Daily Interactions

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PAC^® Skills Make

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14-Part Series

This hands-on training series teaches practical Positive Approach to Care® techniques that improve communication, reduce distress, and help caregivers create safer, more successful interactions throughout the day. (These classes can be taken individually or in combinations.)

Why it matters:

Small changes in approach can dramatically improve cooperation, reduce caregiver stress, and preserve dignity for the person living with dementia.